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Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Townparks, Lifford, Co. Donegal · F93 DE28 · Roll number 18076J

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Lifford. Every school in and around Lifford →

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Pupils
124
September, 2025/26
58 girls, 66 boys
Since 2019/20
+19%
from 104 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

  • 124 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 124 pupils, 19% more than the 104 of 2019/20.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál had 124 pupils in 2025/26, against 95 in 2015/16 (+31%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
124
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+19%
from 104 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lifford together changed by −6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál+19%
The primary schools around Lifford−6%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124
St Patricks162
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17
Scoil Cuilm Cille38
St Mary's155
SN Naomh Samhthann40
Raphoe Central185
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓1.8 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓8.8 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓14 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓14 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish19 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish25 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish26 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish27 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish34 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish34 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish44 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish45 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish53 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish57 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓61 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓61 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
Living nearby

Living in Lifford

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€143,000
191 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€901
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Lifford →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Lifford

Cost of living in Lifford →

New tenancies in Lifford averaged €901 a month in 2025, against €779 in 2024 (+16%).

2024€779
2025€901

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Lifford, F93 DE28

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
162 pupils−6% since 2019/201.8 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
17 pupils−62% since 2019/204.3 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
38 pupils+6% since 2019/205.4 km
St Mary's National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+25% since 2019/207.6 km
SN Naomh Samhthann
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
40 pupils−32% since 2019/207.9 km
Raphoe Central N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
185 pupils−6% since 2019/208.8 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18076J

Questions about Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál

Is Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál have?

124 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál?

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál?

The nearest are St Patricks N.S. (1.8 km), Scoil Cholmcille Naofa (4.3 km) and Scoil Cuilm Cille (5.4 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Lifford; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).